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To: OriginalHeyduke
3000 BC First settlement of Troy...

Troy, of course, was not a Greek city.

34 posted on 12/27/2002 2:28:40 PM PST by Allan
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To: Allan
Troy, of course, was not a Greek city.

Couldn't remind myself of Troy being Turkish either.

Hittite:
1.A member of an ancient people living in Anatolia and northern Syria about 2000-1200 B.C.
2.The Indo-European language of the Hittites.
35 posted on 12/27/2002 5:04:35 PM PST by OriginalHeyduke
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To: Allan
Troy, of course, was not a Greek city.

Do we know what language was spoken in Troy? Homer does not call the Trojans Greeks, but the Trojans in Homer speak Greek, probably for dramatic reasons, but can we be sure they did not speak Greek?

56 posted on 12/29/2002 8:21:02 AM PST by aristeides
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